Re: virus: (un)selfishness

Tony Hindle (t.hindle@joney.demon.co.uk)
Mon, 21 Apr 1997 23:06:29 +0100


In message <c=GB%a=_%p=uk.ac%l=STIRLAN/EXCHANGE/001461EB@findhorn.stir.a
c.uk>, Robin Faichney <r.j.faichney@stir.ac.uk> writes
>Isn't there anyone else on the list who, like me, questions
>the meaningfulness of "ultimate motivation"? Where
>people say things like "every human action is ultimately
>selfish" do they think that is or ever will be testable?

I do. I am reading all this thread with interest but havent got
time to join much until I catch up on other things (I havent forgotten
our pending Dennett discussion)
I can see the truth in "ultimately all motivation is selfish"
but I can also see its uselessness. Perhaps you should agree on it then
proceed to consider two forms of selfishness: Altruistic and selfish.
I look foreward to the rest of the thread.
Tony Hindle.
I posted this as my dying deed, I hope it helps you, goodby